When you think about it; how many brownies did you eat in your life that were really really good and how many did you eat that were just less then perfect? If I think back on the countless brownies I’ve eaten (no wonder I have the hips I have!! ) there are only a few [...]
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It’s funny how you can be intrigued by something as soon as you see it and madeleines, that small cake like cookie (or is it a cookielike cake??) were just the thing I was dying to make. I can’t even remember where I first saw it to be honest. It had been simmering in the [...]
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My last failed attempt at making macarons has been a while ago and was for the Daring Bakers in october. So when Jamie and Deeba started their MacAttack I could not stay behind! My goal, obviously, to finally produce a decent batch of macarons. One that I would be able to serve to other people [...]
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What can I say? It was probably one of those days… One of those days that I should have not gotten myself into the kitchen and let alone try and make corn syrup! The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from [...]
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Whoohoo!! Ofcourse I could not resist making another batch of macarons yesterday as I really wanted it to work better then the first attempt. I had received full instructions from Helen via an article she had written previously for dessert magazine (look on page 38) and following those… I got the above results! The whole [...]
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Ever since I tasted the very first macaron in my life at Laduree in Paris, I’m hooked… I love the texture of these phenomenal cookies and the taste is just well…. to die for! Last year I was in France with a friend and we found this little bakery in Dijon where they had macarons, [...]
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Just a few days ago I stumbled upon the website of Sweet and Simple Bakes where I read about their monthly baking challenge. Now I love challenges as it gives me a reason to bake something that I maybe otherwise wouldn’t have attempted to do and this particular challenge brought back fond memories of the [...]
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It’s been a while since I last posted and actually right now we were supposed to be in France. I will spare you the details, but Tom was admitted to the hospital in a hurry thursday last week. Scared the shit out of me, so to speak, but it looks like all will be ok. [...]
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